New York’s ‘island of the dead’ to welcome more of the living 0 SHARES Share it! For 150 years, unclaimed bodies, the poor, still-born children and AIDS victims have been laid to rest on the mile-long Hart Island, making it one of America’s largest public cemeteries. Soon, the retired nurse will be able to pay her respects regularly thanks to plans to open up Hart Island, which Mayor Bill de Blasio signed on Wednesday. “Hart Island represents a cross section of the diversity of New York City, which is why it really ought to be considered sacred ground,” he explained. She was unable to get to the hospital and amid confusion the city buried the girl in its potter’s field.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 05, 2019 03:22 UTC